Person:William Bell (97)

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Maj. William Bell
b.15 May 1766 Augusta County, Virginia
d.22 Aug 1833 Augusta County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 May 1765
  1. Maj. William Bell1766 - 1833
  2. Susannah 'Suckey' Bell1768 - 1836
  3. David Bell1771 - 1787
  4. James Bell, Esq.1773 - 1856
  5. Elizabeth Bell1775 -
  6. Joseph 'David' Bell, Jr.1778 - 1855
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Feb 1790
  1. Margaret BellAbt 1800 -
  2. Susan BellAbt 1801 - 1821
  3. Julia Henderson Bell1815 - 1887
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Facts and Events
Name Maj. William Bell
Gender Male
Birth[2] 15 May 1766 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage Bond 17 Feb 1790 Augusta County, Virginiato Margaret "Peggy" Allen
Marriage 27 Feb 1790 Augusta County, Virginiato Margaret "Peggy" Allen
Death? 22 Aug 1833 Augusta County, Virginia

Maj. William Bell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Records of William Bell in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Page 422.--28th April, 1788. James Allen's will (Sr.), farmer--To children of daughter, Rachel Thomson, 5 shillings each; to daughter, Margaret Bell, 5 shillings; to daughter, Agnes Shields, 6 shillings to son, William Bell, 5 shillings; to daughter, Rebecca McClure, 5 shillings; to daughter, Elizabeth McNair, 5 shillings; to daughter, Mary Allen, 5 shillings; to son, Francis Allen, 50; to son, James, home plantation. Executors, wife Mary, son-in-law David McNaire, son James. Teste: Wm. Wilson, James Allen, John Hartsook, Wm. Baker. Codicil, 24th March, 1789. Teste: Wm. Wilson, John Hartsook, Wm. Baker. Proved, 18th October, 1791, by Hartsook and Baker. (Note: James Allen was William Bell's father-in-law).
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  1.   Find A Grave.

    MAJ William Bell
    Birth 8 May 1766
    Death 22 Aug 1832 (aged 66)
    Burial Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

    Inscription: Sacred to the Memory as Major William Bell . . . August 22, 1832 ... (appears state age as 64 years). Very hard to read.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38009095/william-bell

  2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stonechurchbells/pafg02.htm#33
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